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whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 26, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the first hour of debate be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half, and that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. further that at 2:15 p.m. there be six hours and 15 minutes of debate remaining postcloture on the motion to concur in the house message to accompany s. 3187, the f.d.a. bill, with two hours under the control of senator harkin, four hours under the control of senator burr and 15 minutes under the control of senator paul. the presiding officer: without objec
whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 26, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the first hour of debate be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the...
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jay carney will be doing his press briefing today at 12:30 at the whitehouse. i will be there representing all of you when we come back bill burton from priorities u.s.a. supporting president obama with a new ad out. he will tell us all about it right here and ryan griffin from huffington post all in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is wednesday june 13th. hello, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv where we tackle the big stories of the day and take your calls at 866, 55 press and mitt romney, he is at it again says the federal government has nothing to do with hiring or firing teachers or firefighters but he is only wrong by billions and billions and billions of dollars. once again, well get into that and a lot more on today's full-court press. today's news update. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, jacki. good morning everybody. president obama is having a difficult time convincing independent he has the right plan for the economy moving forward. >> that's a
jay carney will be doing his press briefing today at 12:30 at the whitehouse. i will be there representing all of you when we come back bill burton from priorities u.s.a. supporting president obama with a new ad out. he will tell us all about it right here and ryan griffin from huffington post all in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is wednesday june 13th. hello, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press here...
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whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. we are -- one, two, three, four, five, six, including yourself, the senator from new york -- on the floor today on the majority time to discuss the jammed bipartisan senate highway bill. i just heard my wonderful colleague from georgia talk about how we're doing nothing and america is languishing. well, one of the things we're doing nothing on is passing a highway bill, which should not be complicated. but it is jammed up by the house republicans. as a result people in rhode island and elsewhere are suffering and i will be here throughout our majority period, and let me -- i think the distinguished senator from minnesota and new hampshire were here first, so let me yield to them first for a few moments each. ms. klobuchar: i first want to thank the senator from rhode island for his leadership in bringing us all together today. we have to get this transportation bill done. this is a bill that passed the united states senate with 74 votes, so we are here today to say to our colleagues o
whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. we are -- one, two, three, four, five, six, including yourself, the senator from new york -- on the floor today on the majority time to discuss the jammed bipartisan senate highway bill. i just heard my wonderful colleague from georgia talk about how we're doing nothing and america is languishing. well, one of the things we're doing nothing on is passing a highway bill, which should not be complicated. but it is jammed up by the house...
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whitehouse: mr. president might i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president last december the environmental protection agency finalized a rule called the mercury air toxics standard for power plants. this rule is important and it was long, long, long overdue. many americans might not realize that before last december there were no federal standards for mercury or the other toxic air pollution pouring out of our nation's power plants. 32 years ago -- 32 years ago -- congress directed e.p.a. to limit toxic air pollution from all big polluting industries. in response, e.p.a. set standards for nearly 100 industries across our nation. however, until december there were no such standards for the utility industry. the biggest source of mercury arsenic and other toxic air pollution in the country. now there are standards in place. estimated to the provide $ $3 to $9 of health and economic benefits for every $1 invested in pollution con
whitehouse: mr. president might i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president last december the environmental protection agency finalized a rule called the mercury air toxics standard for power plants. this rule is important and it was long, long, long overdue. many americans might not realize that before last december there were no federal standards for mercury or the other toxic air pollution pouring out of our nation's...
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sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted under the leadership of senator boxer and myself and senator shelby, voted for this bill, the restore act, with 76 votes. i don't think the transportation bill itself just got 76 votes. just to show you how difficult it is to get 76 votes. other than just, you know, immaterial items, it's hard to get 76 votes for apple pie and mother's day greetings. but we got 76 votes, and i was so proud. not only was it the right thing to do, a great help to the region that i help to represent, but also i thought very fair with the inclusion also of the land and water that was not part of restore but an
sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted...
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no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good morning, everybody. happy friday. it is friday june 29th. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv bringing you all of the latest stories and there is one big story we have been covering from every angle and will continue to do so. a supreme court. a big victory for the american people. a big victory for millions of american families who could not afford health insurance before but now thing. that was yesterday's supreme court decision led by chief justice don roberts -- john roberts upholding the affordable ca
no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. [ ♪ theme...
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at the pulpit of the whitehouse castigating whatever the name of the company was, and forcing them to vote yes because it required unanimous concept or something like that. it angered me so much, it troubled me so much that you have that much engagement by the federal government by the president of the united states that i sold my chrysler which i actually liked and bought a ford which didn't get a bail out, pays taxes doesn't have security loss carry forwards, made a commitment to its union in a traditional way. didn't have the hyper activity and ford i think is deserving of more praise than general motors or chrysler. >> rose: because they went out and borrowed the money beforehand before the collapse became and they were in a good position when they did come. >> kudos for -- >> rose: -- pay back -- >> of course they do because in a bankruptcy the debt is totally reduced. not only that, we now learn that when, because of lower debt service and because of china and other places, gm is making money, great. i'm all for that. but they're not paying taxes. they have a tax loss carry forw
at the pulpit of the whitehouse castigating whatever the name of the company was, and forcing them to vote yes because it required unanimous concept or something like that. it angered me so much, it troubled me so much that you have that much engagement by the federal government by the president of the united states that i sold my chrysler which i actually liked and bought a ford which didn't get a bail out, pays taxes doesn't have security loss carry forwards, made a commitment to its union in...
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there are races where you can't -- senator whitehouse in rhode island won't have a lot of money spent against him because he's strong in a competitive state. but i don't believe being outspent means you lose. i think if you have enough, and we have had huge support on the internet, huge direct mail, and i have 51,000 people that have contributed to me. citizens united has, in one case, 17 people have given $50 million to citizens united. i mean, that's the contrast here. but if you have enough, even if you're outspent two or three or four to one, you can win. i don't know if you can win if you're outspent eight to one, but if you do what you need to do -- that's why we're always build this grassroots effort. and at the same time, as we're running, we're building the effort on citizens united to fight back -- my wife says it sounds like carnival barking, but my website, sherrodbrown.com, we've got 150,000 people, some of them, many of them from this show who have come and signed up in our citizens united petition. other progressive senators are doing the same to build this grassroots e
there are races where you can't -- senator whitehouse in rhode island won't have a lot of money spent against him because he's strong in a competitive state. but i don't believe being outspent means you lose. i think if you have enough, and we have had huge support on the internet, huge direct mail, and i have 51,000 people that have contributed to me. citizens united has, in one case, 17 people have given $50 million to citizens united. i mean, that's the contrast here. but if you have enough,...
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held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. 44.3 million new jobs in the private sector. 27 months straight of new job garote, positive job growth in the private sector. last month, there were only 69,000 new jobs created but those were jobs created in the private sector. at t
held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, in light of the -- first of all, may i ask permission that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: madam president, i wanted to, in light of the supreme court's decision on the affordable care act, come to the floor today to bring just a few rhode island voices into the discussion that is taking place. one is a man in providence, rhode island, named greg who has a 16-year-old son. his son is named will. will has cystic fibrosis. that requires will to spend several hours every day undergoing the treatment that that dreadful disease requires. he sees a specialist four times a year to monitor the disease. he has daily prescriptions and treatments, and will and his father without this bill were looking at two problems. one, denial of coverage because will's cystic fibrosis was a preexisting condition, and two, lifetime caps. for people like will all around the country, this has been a real blessing because l
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, in light of the -- first of all, may i ask permission that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: madam president, i wanted to, in light of the supreme court's decision on the affordable care act, come to the floor today to bring just a few rhode island voices into the discussion that is taking place. one is a man in...
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president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white house south lawn. is it should be a beautiful night for the annual congressional picnic. jay carney back in the briefing schedule today will have a briefing today at 12:30. i will be there rep 'senting all of you. joe williams coming up next. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey, good morning, everybody. it's wednesday june 27th. good to see you today. welcome to the full-court press. your new morning show on current tv, the online progressive morning show anywhere on cable t.v. in this entire country. we have a lot to talk about this morning, very exci
president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the opportunity that it provides to young people who are here in this country through no fault of their own, who know no other home in the world and who will one day be great americans, people that will be leaders and performers and experts and scientists and really provide great value to our country. i'm delighted that he is doing it again. his persistence matches his passion, and finally with the president's decision the other day, it's beginning to reap some rewards, and i hope more to come in the future, and i congratulate the senator from illinois. my remarks -- and i'd like to ask un
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the...
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>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >> they are for it before obama was for it. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> lost their idea. and said we better come up with something else. >> it was sold by the insurance companibs companies and the heritage foundation as a cost containment measure. >> this is the cost that con conservative movement has and if you wanted to control costs which everybody recognizes you have to control healthcare cost if you have any hope of controlling the budget, this is one of the ways to do that. >> your maintainer point is that they say that the substance of the law survives even without the individual mandate? >> yeah. i think the num
>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >>...
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whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in our american struggle for independence. most americans remember the boston tea party as one of the major events building up to the american revolution. i see the pages in front of me looking -- nodding knowledgeably, yes, i do know about that boston tea party. we learned that story of the spirited bostonnians, literally spirited bostonnians, i'm told, clambering onto the decks of the east india company ships and dumping tea into boston harbor to protest british taxation without representation. however, there is a milestone on the path to the revolutionary
whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in...
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bipartisan support for an amendment i introduced along with congressman hal rogers in kentucky and senator whitehouse. there is a prescription drug abuse problem throughout the country but in ohio we've been hit hard by this and one of the issues i had found in going to a town hall in southern ohio was the fact the state prescription drug monitoring programs couldn't communicate and operate across state lines. this town hall i did with director gil gorlakowski, the director kindly came to important smith, ohio in july, 2011, in southern ohio, an area that's been a center of prescription drug abuse and interstate drug trafficking, right across the river from kentucky and near west virginia, so it's an interstate area. prescription drug abuse has devastated the county in which portsmouth sits, as well as other counties in the area. because of the hard work of the community leaders and federal and state law enforcement there has been some momentum. we're beginning to turn things arou -- around, pill shops are being closed. one critical tool they told me they needed was prescription drug monitoring progr
bipartisan support for an amendment i introduced along with congressman hal rogers in kentucky and senator whitehouse. there is a prescription drug abuse problem throughout the country but in ohio we've been hit hard by this and one of the issues i had found in going to a town hall in southern ohio was the fact the state prescription drug monitoring programs couldn't communicate and operate across state lines. this town hall i did with director gil gorlakowski, the director kindly came to...
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you know, i thought it was actually really cool the way in which jay carney did that yesterday at the whitehouse press briefing, jay carney up of course white house spokesperson when he had henry from fox news was badgering again and again about this atf, about fast and furious, you know, saying where are the documents? where are the documents? when is eric holder going to cooperate? badge badgering jay carney and, you know basically carney called him out. he goes, you know, well, as you would know because with your channel, that is to spend enormous times focused on this you would know better than anyone else how cooperative, in fact the attorney general, eric holder has been. it's the moments of accountability, the same kind of thing you are talking about doing that i would love to see more of. you know, i think that whether it is in a white house press briefing or when progressives go on fox news, you know, being willing to talk about their coverage and hold them accountable for it and to, you know, keep in mind, say, sure let's have a conversation. i will go on your show, but if i do, we are
you know, i thought it was actually really cool the way in which jay carney did that yesterday at the whitehouse press briefing, jay carney up of course white house spokesperson when he had henry from fox news was badgering again and again about this atf, about fast and furious, you know, saying where are the documents? where are the documents? when is eric holder going to cooperate? badge badgering jay carney and, you know basically carney called him out. he goes, you know, well, as you would...
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i want to tell you, also, about a good time at the whitehouse yesterday. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. on the next gavin newsom show: google's sergey brin and anne wojcicki give gavin a hands on look at google's glasses. >>that's facinating. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv. this is the bill press show. welcome to the pin room. >> hey, 11 minutes before the top. hour. happy friday june 1st. pardon me while i take -- >> that full of energy drink. >> i take another sip from my bubba keg this morning here i didn't, indeed, we will tell you about the big unveiling at the whitehouse yesterday but first, jumping into the spin room mitt romney goes all the way up to california yesterday to stand in front of the abandoned solendra plant, the abandoned manufacturers who got a clone from the stimulus, from the energy department and they went belly up when china undercut the price of solar panels. p
i want to tell you, also, about a good time at the whitehouse yesterday. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. on the next gavin newsom show: google's sergey brin and anne wojcicki give gavin a hands on look at google's glasses. >>that's facinating. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv....
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and at 12:30 this afternoon, jay carney will have this briefing at the whitehouse. we will be there. we will tell you all about it tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey, hello everybody. it is monday june 4th. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend, ready to tackle the beginning of the week here and the gig stories this monday. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv bringing you the story, the big stories of the day and take your calls at 866-55866-55 press. are you thirsty for a nice, big, cool soft drink? don't go to new york city. mayor bloomberg said he is going to ban the sale of soft drinks over 16 ounces. what i want to know is: what the difference between buying one 32 ounce drink which you can't, or two 16-ounce drinks, which you can. i can't i don't get it. we will talk about that and more here in this next hour together. first, we go out to los angeles, say hello to jacki schechner today's currents news update. hello, jacki. >> hello, bill. good morning everyone. if th
and at 12:30 this afternoon, jay carney will have this briefing at the whitehouse. we will be there. we will tell you all about it tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey, hello everybody. it is monday june 4th. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend, ready to tackle the beginning of the week here and the gig stories this monday. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv bringing you the story, the...
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whitehouse: i am honored to join my senior senator today to commemorate such an important milestone as he has described in american education. it was 40 years ago this week that president nixon signed into law the education amendments of 1972. including a provision establishing for the first time the basic educational opportunity grants which came to be called the pell grant for its sponsor, senator claiborne pell of rhode island. over the next four decades, pell grants would turn the dream of college education into a reality for millions of americans. today, more than ever, a college diploma is important to a young person's success. with the unemployment rate for those 25 and older with a bachelor's degree less than 4%, and for those -- and over 8% for those with only a high school diploma, the value of that college degree could not be more apparent. higher education provides the skills and credentials that many employers require in today's economy. in the decades following world war ii, the united states government made college and occupational mobility a reality for more americans t
whitehouse: i am honored to join my senior senator today to commemorate such an important milestone as he has described in american education. it was 40 years ago this week that president nixon signed into law the education amendments of 1972. including a provision establishing for the first time the basic educational opportunity grants which came to be called the pell grant for its sponsor, senator claiborne pell of rhode island. over the next four decades, pell grants would turn the dream of...